Wrestling Thursday / January 24

Tonight on WWF Smackdown, taped on Tues night in N Charleston, SC: Rob Van Dam d Wm Regal... Rikishi d The Bossman... Stephanie chats with Lillian... Tazz/ Spike d Scoty 2 Hotty/ Albert... The Stephanie / HHH divorce angle furthers... Coach interviews The Rock... Steve Austin d Booker T... Sharmel talks with Ric Flair... The Dudleys d Kane/ Big Show... Coach talks with Kurt Angle... Trish d Jazz by DQ... Kurt Angle d The Rock... Vince convinces himself that Ric Flair is a cancer on the WWF and that he should destroy the WWF, which he sees as his creation, rather than have it die under Flair's leadership. There is a strong hint of the return of the nWo... Flair/ Austin confront Angle/ Booker T to end the program. (Reports say that this angle was done after the taping, for N Charleston).

WWF Raw posted a 4.6 on Mon night, up slightly from last week.

Goldust and Mr Perfect are back in the WWF.

The WB Network has cancelled the Nikki Cox series, Nikki, which features Cox as the wife of a pro wrestler.